Clara Gaymard

Biography

  Mrs. Clara GAYMARD, a graduate of the école Nationale d’Administration (ENA, class of 1986, Denis Diderot), holds a degree in law and history from the Institut d’études Politiques de Paris. She held numerous positions within the senior civil service from 1982 to 2006. Before entering the ENA, she was an administrative officer at the Paris Mayor’s Office between 1982 and 1984. After leaving the ENA, she joined the French Public Audit Office (Cour des Comptes) as an auditor, where she was promoted to the position of public auditor in 1990. She then served as assistant to the head of the French Trade Office in Cairo (1991-1993) and then as head of the European Union office (sub- directorate for Northern-Southern Europe) in the foreign economic relations department (DREE) of the Ministry of Economy and Finance. In June 1995, she was named director of the office of Colette Codaccioni, Minister for Solidarity between Generations. She was then appointed Assistant Director of SME Support and Regional Action at the DREE (1996-1999) before being named head of the SME Mission (1999- 2003). From 2003, she served as Goodwill Ambassador in charge of foreign investments and as President of the French Agency for International Investments (AFII). She joined General Electric (GE) in 2006, where she became President of GE France and then President of the Northwest Europe region from 2008 to 2010. Still serving as Chairman and CEO of GE France, in 2009 she was named Vice-President of GE International for Government Sales and Strategy, and then in 2010 Vice-President for Governments and Cities, under the chairmanship of Jeffrey R. Immelt. In 2014, she was member of the negotiating team on the acquisition of Alstom’s power business. At the end of 2015, she left her post at the head of GE France in order to devote herself to directors     Mrs. Clara GAYMARD, a graduate of the école Nationale d’Administration (ENA, class of 1986, Denis Diderot), holds a degree in law and history from the Institut d’études Politiques de Paris. She held numerous positions within the senior civil service from 1982 to 2006. Before entering the ENA, she was an administrative officer at the Paris Mayor’s Office between 1982 and 1984. After leaving the ENA, she joined the French Public Audit Office (Cour des Comptes) as an auditor, where she was promoted to the position of public auditor in 1990. She then served as assistant to the head of the French Trade Office in Cairo (1991-1993) and then as head of the European Union office (sub- directorate for Northern-Southern Europe) in the foreign economic relations department (DREE) of the Ministry of Economy and Finance. In June 1995, she was named director of the office of Colette Codaccioni, Minister for Solidarity between Generations. She was then appointed Assistant Director of SME Support and Regional Action at the DREE (1996-1999) before being named head of the SME Mission (1999- 2003). From 2003, she served as Goodwill Ambassador in charge of foreign investments and as President of the French Agency for International Investments (AFII). She joined General Electric (GE) in 2006, where she became President of GE France and then President of the Northwest Europe region from 2008 to 2010. Still serving as Chairman and CEO of GE France, in 2009 she was named Vice-President of GE International for Government Sales and Strategy, and then in 2010 Vice-President for Governments and Cities, under the chairmanship of Jeffrey R. Immelt. In 2014, she was member of the negotiating team on the acquisition of Alstom’s power business. At the end of 2015, she left her post at the head of GE France in order to devote herself to directors  

Research Interest

  Mrs. Clara GAYMARD, a graduate of the école Nationale d’Administration (ENA, class of 1986, Denis Diderot), holds a degree in law and history from the Institut d’études Politiques de Paris. She held numerous positions within the senior civil service from 1982 to 2006. Before entering the ENA, she was an administrative officer at the Paris Mayor’s Office between 1982 and 1984. After leaving the ENA, she joined the French Public Audit Office (Cour des Comptes) as an auditor, where she was promoted to the position of public auditor in 1990. She then served as assistant to the head of the French Trade Office in Cairo (1991-1993) and then as head of the European Union office (sub- directorate for Northern-Southern Europe) in the foreign economic relations department (DREE) of the Ministry of Economy and Finance. In June 1995, she was named director of the office of Colette Codaccioni, Minister for Solidarity between Generations. She was then appointed Assistant Director of SME Support and Regional Action at the DREE (1996-1999) before being named head of the SME Mission (1999- 2003). From 2003, she served as Goodwill Ambassador in charge of foreign investments and as President of the French Agency for International Investments (AFII). She joined General Electric (GE) in 2006, where she became President of GE France and then President of the Northwest Europe region from 2008 to 2010. Still serving as Chairman and CEO of GE France, in 2009 she was named Vice-President of GE International for Government Sales and Strategy, and then in 2010 Vice-President for Governments and Cities, under the chairmanship of Jeffrey R. Immelt. In 2014, she was member of the negotiating team on the acquisition of Alstom’s power business. At the end of 2015, she left her post at the head of GE France in order to devote herself to directors